education
March 02, 2010, 09:21 CET
MDF sees education, tax as key reform areas
Education and tax reform in Hungary are key components of job creation in the small-business sector, Lajos Bokros, prime-minister candidate of the Democratic Forum, said on Monday. Bokros said small businesses needed the right conditions to create jobs out through... [read complete entry]
January 25, 2010, 04:34 CET
New Szeged University building to use cutting edge eco-friendly technology
A new building belonging to Szeged University's Engineering Department will employ the most up-to-date technological advances which students can study and observe, delmagyar.hu reports. In terms of examples, the windows will be able to absorb and store sunlight in winter;... [read complete entry]
January 25, 2010, 09:50 CET
DemForum PM candidate calls pension system unsustainable
Lajos Bokros, prime minister-candidate of the conservative opposition MDF party, on Friday called Hungary's current pension system unsustainable, and pressed for more competition and closer proximity to labour market needs in higher education. "The pension system is untenable in its... [read complete entry]
August 17, 2009, 08:41 CET
Poll finds Hungarian students largely unfazed by crisis
The most optimistic of students enrolled in Hungarian higher education about their employment opportunities were those studying military subjects, IT or law, a survey taken early in the summer and revealed on Friday said. The most pessimistic were agriculture students,... [read complete entry]
April 03, 2009, 10:45 CET
Ministry gives green light for use of open source software in public sector
The use of open source software and connected services has been given the green light for the public sector, public education and higher education institutions, the deputy minister in charge of information technology and communications said on Thursday.... [read complete entry]
February 09, 2009, 12:10 CET
Big IT tender for schools fails as HP, IBM bids declared invalid
A Ft 23 billion government tender for the supply of IT equipment, including digital blackboards, for schools has been declared unsuccessful, as both bids were invalid.... [read complete entry]
January 07, 2009, 08:45 CET
Teachers' union calls off strike
The Democratic Union of Teachers (PDSZ) will not go on strike on January 12, PDSZ told MTI on Tuesday.... [read complete entry]
November 11, 2008, 10:27 CET
Students to be targeted by classroom marketing
Media agency Iskolamarketing (School Marketing) is planning to offer free folders to university students as advertising space, reports Kreatív Online. Distribution of the folders, which will contain a calendar and a school schedule, will start at Budapest's higher education institutions... [read complete entry]
October 28, 2008, 08:39 CET
Hungarian economics students struggle to master English
Only 56% of Hungarian students studying to become economists speak English on a "negotiating" level, according to a recent European Student Barometer survey summarized by Világgazdaság. Twenty-four Hungarian higher education institutions were involved in the study.... [read complete entry]
October 09, 2008, 09:49 CET
Degree holders earn double and live longer according to new report
Those holding degrees from higher education institutions have a 20% longer life expectancy than those not, recent surveys revealed in an MTI report presented by gazdasagiradio.hu. People with higher education degrees also earn approximately double what those without the degrees... [read complete entry]
September 16, 2008, 08:56 CET
Private IT and bioinformatics university to open in Budapest in 2010
A new private university for IT and bioinformatics studies is planned to start operations in Budapest in 2010 under an agreement signed by Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky and Gabor Bojar, founder of architecture software company Graphisoft, on Monday.... [read complete entry]
July 23, 2008, 01:30 CET
Hungarian European Business Council deeply critical in new report on economy
The political situation in Hungary is still the biggest obstacle in the way of economic development, the Hungarian European Business Council (HEBC) writes in its latest annual report. The document, which can be downloaded in pdf format from here, seriously... [read complete entry]
June 27, 2008, 08:34 CET
UK marketing communications program to be offered by Budapest college
The Budapest College of Communication and Business (BKF) this September will begin offering a marketing communications certificate program "franchised" from London's Middlesex University, reports inforadio.hu.... [read complete entry]